WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing under new privacy features. The changes will also allow people to control who can see when they are online and to prevent screenshots of auto-deleting “View Once” messages. The features are described as ways to keep users’ messages as “secure as face-to-face conversations” by Mark Zuckerberg, […]
Look out, WhatsApp users – the popular messaging service is adding yet another tool to the arsenal of overbearing group chat admins. As spotted by WABetaInfo(opens in new tab), WhatsApp is working on a new update that will grant admins the ability to delete any and all messages sent in groups chats they oversee. At present, […]
Last November, WhatsApp was spotted working on new privacy controls that would allow users to hide their last seen and online statuses as well as their profile pictures from certain contacts — a much-needed counter against competitor Telegram, which already supports hiding this information on a per-contact basis. Well, it’s been seven months since then and the […]
We sometimes become too busy conveying our messages that we don’t pay much attention to what we’ve written. You currently have no way to correct those mistakes in WhatsApp by editing your previous texts. Nevertheless, the Meta-owned company may soon add the capability to its chat messenger app across all platforms. As spotted by WABetainfo, […]
If you’re still rocking a decade-old iPhone 5 or 5C and use WhatsApp, you should be aware that the Facebook-owned company will soon be ending support for those devices. A WhatsApp notification spotted by WhatsApp specialist site WABetaInfo reveals that the company will end support for iOS 10 and iOS 11 in the fall. The iPhone 5 […]
Despite its end-to-end encrypted messaging, WhatsApp has surprisingly strict rules that could get you banned if you don’t follow them – here’s what you need to avoid to stay active on the app As an encrypted messaging app, WhatsApp offers an impressive degree of privacy compared to some conventional messaging apps. However, thousands of users still fall […]
With the increase, in cybercrimes and frauds, the popular messaging application WhatsApp is offering a new security feature to secure and protect users’ accounts from unauthorised access. WhatsApp users can add more security to their accounts by choosing the two-step verification feature, WABetaInfo reported. The feature involves an additional PIN code which will be required whenever a user logs […]
WhatsApp is great at letting you know when you have received a new message, but also gives you the option of quietening notifications for those times when you don’t want to be disturbed. Now there is a new preview version of the app available that introduces an important upgrade to notifications that make them even […]
WhatsApp will now allow you to make your messages vanish for all new chats. It’s a feature that means that all messages sent within a conversation will disappear after a period of time, with the company letting you choose between a day, a week, or three months. “As more of our conversations move from face-to-face to […]
WhatsApp is an app that constantly updates with heaps of new improvements and changes to how users can enjoy the app. Recently, we’ve seen the messaging app announce big changes to how it lets users handle in-app voice messages, now allowing users to pause and resume voice messages as they wish. These updates are public and […]
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